LIZ PEEK: Five critical takeaways from the epic Trump-Musk rumble
‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ co-hosts Rachel Campos-Duffy and Charles Hurt break down the growing rift between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, after they exchanged public jabs online.
The world’s richest man and the world's most powerful man are butting heads in one of the most embarrassing and possibly most damaging squabbles of all time; it was inevitable.
For months, observers of the bromance between President Donald Trump and Tesla founder Elon Musk have wondered when, not if, it would end. Two men whose accomplishments have bestowed them with sizeable egos, are both impulsive, quick to rile and not shy about taking their every thought public.
Both men, used to having their way and getting things done, joined forces to take on the status quo in Washington, and ran smack into the concrete of bureaucratic inertia, making their tasks almost impossible. Trump, in his second Oval Office term, was expecting that. Musk, though, did not take resistance well.
The row between Musk and Trump that emerged on X and Truth Social, respectively, had all the dignity of mud wrestling. It began with Musk calling the president’s "big, beautiful bill" an abomination, irate that it is projected to add trillions of dollars to the nation’s debt. At a moment when Republicans are struggling to pass a critical piece of their agenda, turning public opinion against the legislation was a slap in the face to the White House.
From better times a week ago: Elon Musk receives a golden key from President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 30. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Trump responded by acknowledging to reporters some uncertainty about the future of their relationship, causing Musk........
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